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. ' . • .� �. _�c. <br /> Allowing a single resident to own this many chickens (fowl) opens up a whole new set of concerns <br /> of sanitation waste run off,public health concerns, odors,noise and business regulations... Most <br /> people would never go down this road for several reasons and one being they are aware that this <br /> ' many chickens is costly to raise,time consuming and unnecessary and that roosters are loud.and can <br /> be a serious noise issue for their neighbors. � <br /> Without proper guidelines and regulations we run the risk of someone owning several chickens and <br /> roosters as is the case with our neighbor. The problem with roosters is even one or two can be too <br />� many as they crow very loudly and can be heard for several blocks away—even piercing the walls of <br /> homes. They also crow all through out the day. The most reasonable solution, out of respect for the <br /> ' community, we believe is to prohibit roosters and put a reasonable limit on the number of <br /> chicken/fowl that can be owned. What if every household decided they wanted to go into the <br /> business of raising chickens and produced several roosters too. Do we want to be known as this kind <br /> of community—where someone's right to own a noisy rooster is more important that someone's <br /> right to enjoy the peacefulness and quietness of their property/community? <br /> We understand that there is a public hearing on this topic being held on Tuesday August 20�'. We <br /> � are pleased and thankful that the city is willing to open tliis topic up for discussion and consider <br /> making changes. Unfortunately, however, our family is scheduled to take our one and only family� <br /> vacation to a cabin in Wisconsin for the week. We are in a tight spot,with the hearing and our only <br /> family vacation being scheduled the same week. <br /> Since we have been dealing with this issue a11 summer, which has been very time consuming and <br /> stressful, -not including all we dealt with last year as well... we really feel strongly that we need a <br /> break to get away and have some peace and quiet and relax. We would like to ask,if at all possible, <br /> if the public hearing could be delayed a couple of weeks so that we would have the opportunity to <br /> participate since we brought the issue to the city in the first place. We realize this is a lot to ask <br /> considering all that has taken place,but it is the only family vacation we have planned for the <br /> summer. If rescheduling the hearing is not an option,would it be possible for us to prepare a <br /> statement and have someone read it for us? We also have a video recording we would like to play. <br /> Will the Orono City Council be present as well? <br /> Whatever you can do to help us with this case and possibly move the public hearing to another week <br /> . would be greatly appreciated! We know that we are asking a lot here and would like to thank you, <br /> Ms. Curtis, Ms. Loftus,Mr. Barnes,Mr. Mattick and Mr. Potts for your willingness to address our <br /> concerns and help. <br /> Please feel free to share this letter with all named parties above, the Orono City Council, Planning <br /> Commissioners and any others you think appropriate. Thank you and we look forward to hearing <br /> your comments and responses to this letter. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Wade and Laura Shatzer <br /> cc: Melanie Curtis <br />